Author: Victoria Howard

Designer Bruce Oldfield has revealed how Diana, Princess of Wales, stopped wearing his designs following her divorce, and his fashion company almost folded because of it.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Mr Oldfield, 65, has said that after Diana stopped wearing his designs in the 1990s,

A poll of historical writers has named King Henry VIII as the worst Monarch in history.
62 writers were surveyed by the Historical Writers Association (HWA), and more than 20% of the votes were given to the second Tudor King, out of Soverieigns from across history and

Vandals have destroyed a pear tree planted by Princess Anne to mark the centenary of the Quintinshill rail disaster.
The tree in Gretna Green marked the loss of over 220 lives of soldiers and civilians, and was planted in May by The Princess Royal. Quintinshill remains

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is addicted to her son's Australian cookery show, says Tom Parker-Bowles.
Tom, 40, is currently a judge on 'The Hotplate', an Australian cooking competition, and spoke with The Sunday Times about his mother's new favourite show.
The Duchess' son recently spoke about Prince

The Countess of Wessex was joined by her daughter, Lady Louise, on Sunday to watch the English hockey team take on the Dutch.
Sophie and Louise, 11, were in London to see the teams play at the Unibet EuroHockey Championships. They tried their hands at hockey at

The Royal Mint have released a £20 coin to mark The Queen becoming the longest reigning Monarch in British history.
The coin is struck in fine silver, and features five portraits that British coinage has seen since Her Majesty ascended the throne: from young Queen, to

Londoners and its visitors are being asked to line the banks of the River Thames and applaud The Queen as she becomes the longest reigning Monarch on 9th September.
A small river pageant will take place, reminiscent of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant, and organisers are

The lost Princes in the Tower is a mystery that historians have not been able to solve for centuries. Now, Phillipa Langley of the Richard III Society, who launched the search for King Richard's body in 2012, is seeking to clear Richard's name and find out

Prince Charles has called for the return of a Cherry tree avenue to Chester Road in Regent's Park.
In April, the Prince made a statement about the Royal Parks Foundation (RPF) campaign, lending his support to replant the cherry trees which lined the London road. The trees, which blossom

Prince Harry and The Duchess of Cambridge have been voted as the ideal travel partners, according to a poll.
The fifth-in-line ranked number one by Australians in the survey by HotelClub.com, taking an impressive 15.2% of votes as the person they would most like to travel

Denmark's Crown Princess Mary has been voted as the most fashionable Royal in a poll of 30,000 people.
Conducted by Hello! magazine, the vote saw The Duchess of Cambridge, who has won numerous votes similar to this in the past, come in third position. Queen Maxima of

Prince William has paid tribute to his grandmother, The Queen, for her sense of humour, her dutiful nature and her reassuring presence in a foreword for a new biography.
"Elizabeth II: The Steadfast" penned by Lord Hurd, is a new biography on The Queen, and forms

A one-hour long special documentary on BBC One will commemorate the day Her Majesty overtakes Queen Victoria to become the longest reigning Monarch in British history, on 9th September.
The documentary, entitled 'The Queen’s Longest Reign: Elizabeth & Victoria', will take a look at the reigns of Elizabeth II

The Queen becomes the longest reigning Monarch in British history on 9th September, and the Royal Collection Trust is to mark the occasion with a special exhibition and some collectible chinaware.
Visitors to Windsor Castle, Holyroodhouse and Buckingham Palace will enjoy a special display of photography

Prince Harry is to visit Lesotho, South Africa and Washington D.C. later this year.
Harry will first travel to Washington at the end of October, in relation to the 2016 Invictus Games, which will be hosted in Orlando, Florida in May next year.
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Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday expressed his sympathy and support of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's request regarding paparazzi photos of their children.
Mr Cameron was on BBC Breakfast when he made comments relating to the letter released by Kensington Palace.
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Today The Queen led commemorations for VJ Day, the anniversary of the end of WWII, despite facing serious threats to her life from terrorists.
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The British Monarchist Society is the UK's premier Monarchist organisation, that works closely with The Crown Chronicles. You may well have heard of them, but who are they and what exactly do they do?
The society supports tradition, promotes heritage, defends the Crown and embraces charity